It took us a long time to get to Jakarta. Mostly because we thought it would be “fun” to take the boat/bus/plane route instead of just a couple planes. Good thing Sam got a 12 hour stomach bug just as we departed Koh Samui. Made the whole trip all the sexier.

From Phuket, we flew to Jakarta and spent a day with my friends from back in the Myspace days, Kiki and Onnie (actually it could have been Friendster, but we were all hesitant to date ourselves too much). They took us around Jakarta, to a great resto and the old part of town before we had to hop a flight to Bali. Jakarta is lovely; a bit like LA with all the driving and the shit transit system, but there really is tons of stuff to do. I felt like I could spend a week before I’d get bored enough to try something new.

Just when you thought anyone part of the Ed Banger crew had lost their touch, Kavinsky is back with another deep dark track. “Roadgame” is an unreleased track on his forthcoming album, and currently available on the French Blu-Ray edition of ‘Drive’

More Kavinsky @ http://kavinsky.bandcamp.com

I’m love movies that are shot first person; Blair Witch, Cloverfeild, Paranormal Activity, [REC], etc. are all amazing and when done right you feel as though this is real life and these sometimes terrifying events are a reality. Recently I hit up the theaters with some pals and a joint (m39/ duh) to see Josh Trank & Max Landis’ ‘Chronicle’ after hearing nothing but fantastic reviews. Also before I saw this film I saw Max Landis’ ‘The Death of Superman’ short just to get a taste of the creative mind behind the film (watch it, dudes such a nerd it’s hard not to love the guy).

With the advances of technology in film making, movies today are doing the unreal. Aspiring television and film makers will need a mfa degree to learn how to produce the high quality graphics and imagery people expect to see in theaters now. If a film is done right, you can’t even tell the difference between computer generate images and real life…well unless you know that cities in a far away galaxy don’t exist. Over the next year their are so many epic movies to hit theaters, we look at these movie trailers and bring them to you in FULL HIGH DEFINITION AKA HIGH DEF AKA HD (Turn us the bass).

Pink Mafia is 100% committed to bringing you the very best in new music and the most exclusive interviews, but what we really live for are those months between March and September when we get so close we can taste the sweat to bring you in-depth festival coverage.

While our own gem of a country has its fair share of renowned festivals, PinkMafia is looking to broaden your horizons and help guide you to the awesomeness that awaits you in this big, beautiful world. Our festival guide will help you find the very best in rock, hip hop, electronic and even metal, whether you wish to stay local, cross the boarder, or skip across the pond.

Since it’s still early in the year most festivals have only released a few headliners (like The Stone Roses who are trying to break the record for most festivals headlined in a single year) to bait potential goers. No problem! Check out the previous line-ups to gauge if they typically book artists you’re in to. I would also highly recommend adding Festival Outlook (via Consequence of Sound) to your “favourites” for the most exclusive breaking news and updates on the World Wide Web.

Leap year alert! Today is the day we celebrate the extra day we’re given to make some bacon, hang with friends, and WIN FREE STUFF.

We’re giving away a digital picture frame. That way you can upload all the pictures from your Leap Night of mayhem (it is Wednesday after all) and reminisce about it for the next 4 years.

What do you have to do?

Tweet us (@pinkmafia4life) a picture.

Of anything. The catch is, it has to make us laugh. It can be a Lin-meme, a picture of your cat in a hat,  or your mom doing the polka in traditional garb.

Sounds easy right? That’s because it is.

**don’t forget to use #HumpDayHandout in your tweet otherwise it won’t count. If you throw in #LeapYear too, you’ll get extra brownie points.

psst – if you don’t get the picture, try and find a video of this.

And to inspire the laughter, here’s Jenna Marbles giving underwear horoscopes.

(After you watch it, check out her video dressed  Drake, doing “the Cinnamon Challenge”…that’s right).

Aspiring Blogger asks:

I’ve been reading fashion blogs/lookbook-ing/polyvore-ing (etc) for a while now and have decided it’s time for me to take the next step and get myself to fashion fame via the internet. Any ideas? I don’t expect to become famous immediately…but it wouldn’t hurt either.

Mica says:

AB – Fashion bloggers are a dime a dozen these days, so you really need to bust balls in order to get yourself any readers (other than your mom). Here are my top tips on how to make it happen:

Can you believe another month is coming to end and spring is literally around the corner- where does the time go?!? If you think time flies in the real world, well in the fashion frontier it goes at runway speed… I mean damn, we’ve already went through four Fashion Weeks!! Before you miss anymore, here’s your fashion fix.

This is a very important tutorial for those wishing to mix their sex with substance abuse. Starring Jamie James, Jessica Dunphy and myself (Kitty du Purr), this video is a must-see! Unless you are easily offended, in which case please don’t watch this!

Here is Part II of my picks for which nominee will take home the cute gold man.

Up for 4 Juno Awards, and recently spotted at the Grammy’s, Drake is going nowhere faster.  I’ll admit, it wasn’t until late 2011 that I started to grow obsessed with Drizzy;  I listened to ‘So Far Gone’, ‘Thank Me Later’, & ‘Take Care’ over and over again, whether I was walking around, at home, or disagreed with the music in bars, I’d bust out my phone and have my own Drake party….actually I still do this. I thought my love for Drake was fading fast, but after recently watching the documentary ‘Better Than Good Enough’ (2010), I’m in love and will be forever future. BTGE is an honest look at the artist after rising to extreme fame, and shows you just how humble he is and being from Toronto gives you the sense that you are closer connected to him than most.

Normally for the Elwins CD release show w/ Meligrove Band & The Bicycles and Songs: Tokyo Police Club we’d have two seperate posts promoting these two seperate events and you’d have to flip a coin to pick which one gets custody for the night, but hybrids are all the rage these days! (see the Jaguar C-X16, The Vampire Diaries) It’s also how Young Lions Music Club rolls. TOMORROW NIGHT, instead of playing favourites to just one great party, they’ve rolled these two awesome events into one mega event, partnered with Toronto Standard and taken over the Burroughes Building for maximium party time! Excellent!

The epic night will kick off with a celebration of the debut release from the Elwins, makers of sweet pop rock and the raddest videos on YouTube. ‘And I Thank You’ is out now and available on iTunes and bandcamp for your eternal enjoyment. Joining them for the night with performances will be The Bicycles and my local heros Meligrove Band. Doors open at 8pm and advance tickets are $8 (RT/SS) or $12 at the door with partial proceeds going to support the Toronto Music Industry Association.

The day we broke the cleanse on Koh Samui was the same day we booked it out of there on a boat bound for Koh Tao, which is the much smaller island north of Koh Phangan (the party island) which is next to Koh Samui (look at a map if that doesn’t make sense). It took us about an hour and a half to get there, and the boat ride was lovely. Under the advice of Fun Bobby, we didn’t book a place in advance, but just showed up, walked to the left along the path at the main beach and found a spot to stay for next to nothing.

Here’s the thing about Thailand so far: if you pay what’s considered a lot of money, you get a place with a cold shower and a non-functional toilet and maybe an air conditioner. If you get a shitty bungalow, you pay nothing and get a cold shower, a non-functional toilet and a fan. We chose the fan.